Kentucky Arts Council awards $1.7M to arts organizations

The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded more than $1.7 million in operational support funding to 104 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations for fiscal 2013.

The grant, through the Kentucky Arts Partnership, provides support to nonprofit organizations that offer year-round arts services and programs directly for the benefit of the public, according to a news release.

The competitive grant process funds applicants based on operating revenue, a panel review of applications, and funds available for the program.

The arts organizations in Jefferson County that received grants are:

Actors Theatre of Louisville ($119,849)

The Louisville Orchestra ($80,269)

Fund for the Arts Inc. ($66,918)

Stage One Family Theatre ($57,514)

Kentucky Opera Association Inc. ($54,487)

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Inc. ($35,445)

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival ($25,512)

Sarabande Books Inc. ($22,632)

Walden Theatre Corp. ($22,264)

Louisville Visual Art Association Inc. ($20,645)

Crane House ($20,039)

Portland Museum Inc. ($15,785)

Louisville Youth Choir ($11,142)

The Clifton Center ($9,557)

VOICES of Kentuckiana Inc. ($5,821)

Looking for Lillith ($3,797)

Squallis Puppeteers Inc. ($2,922)

Bourbon Baroque Inc. ($2,626)

Louisville Chorus Inc. ($2,058)

Creative Diversity Studio ($1,938)

Louisville Literary Arts Inc. ($1,000)

Speed Art Museum (Specific funding is contingent upon Kentucky Arts Council evaluation of information regarding public programming for the period during which the museum will be closed for renovations. The museum will close for three years, starting in October, as Business First previously reported.)